bga_1155402 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Potin “à la tête diabolique”
120.00 €(Approx. 136.80$ | 103.20£)
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Potin “à la tête diabolique”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,00 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très joli potin. Patine verte et sable
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, avec des restes de chevelure dont les mèches sont en forme d’esses.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Taureau cornupète chargeant à gauche, la patte avant bifide ; (au-dessus, une croisette).
Historical background
TURONES (Area of Touraine)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The people of the Turons, settled on the Loire, left their name to Tours and Touraine. They are quoted several times in Caesar's Commentaries. They seem to have grown in importance after the disappearance of the Arverne empire in 121 BC. Like the Pictons, the Turons provided eight thousand men for the relief army which was to release Alesia. Their main oppidum seems to have been placed near the site of Amboise. Caesar (BG. II, 35; VII, 4, 75; VIII, 46).
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
LOUIS XIV "THE SUN KING" Écu aux huit L, 2e type 1704 Lille VF
200.00 €
RUSSIA 10 Roubles 70e anniversaire de la Victoire des troupes soviétiques à St
2.40 €
ITALY - KINGDOM OF SARDINIA - CHARLES-ALBERT 20 Lire 1831 Gênes VF/XF
410.00 €
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - FREDERICK-WILLIAM IV 1/2 Silbergroschen 1856 Ber
150.00 €
100 Roubles RUSSIA (Indochina Bank) Vladivostok 1919 PS.1258 UNC
900.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
